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Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2012
Australian stocks look set to open lower following further falls on international markets overnight after European central banks held key interest rates at record low levels and debt-stricken Greece approved new austerity measures. At 0631 AEDT on Friday ...

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 OCT 2012
... leaped higher, boosted by a surprise drop in the US unemployment rate and on the back of upbeat comments from European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi. At the close on Friday, London's FTSE 100 index of leading companies was 0.74 per cent higher at 5,871.02 ...

Failure is not an option

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 OCT 2012
It's been a month -- or thereabouts -- since the European Central Bank -- followed by the US Federal Reserve followed by the Bank of Japan -- gave financial markets what they wished, prayed and hoped for and fired the first salvo of quantitative easing. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... government would ask for help for nearly a month. Spain needs to ask for money from Europe's bailout fund before the European Central Bank can start buying Spanish government bonds. LONDON - Europe's main stock markets ended a day of see-saw trading ...

Spanish fly

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
... they not" guessing came, another one comes along. We played the game last month. Those we bet on to do did. The European Central Bank announced Outright Monetary Transactions. Germany's court found that the EFSF/ESM is in accord with the country's constitution. ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2012
... unveiled this month might not boost the economy as much as hoped. Eurozone debt fears were also fuelled after a European Central Bank (ECB) official said it could not restructure Greece's debt with the regional lender, while tensions between China and ...

Pick your poison

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
... liquidity being pumped into the system by three of the world's major central banks - the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Japan - markets appear unconvinced. Wall Street was down again with the S&P 500 index dropping by 1.1% ...

Market Wrap - morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2012
... data. Shares looked set for a positive end to a week that saw the Bank of Japan follow the Federal Reserve and European Central Bank (ECB) in unveiling plans to boost growth, but also showed manufacturing in China was still shrinking. Tokyo on Friday ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2012
... housing data and Japan's extra economic stimulus following similar moves from the US Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day up 0.35 per cent at 5,888.48 points, while in Frankfurt, the Dax 30 was ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 18 SEP 2012
... 0.93 per cent. Spain's long-term borrowing costs rose above the six per cent level for the first time since the European Central Bank announced a new bond-buying program to help eurozone countries. The yield on 10-year Spanish bonds rose to 6.007 per ...